I reckon you're on the money, Crabbie. His Winstonship came up with the Lucy story to avoid embarrassment at a particular time - but admitted, much later, that it was LSD.
Mal Evans (Beatles' roadie) played a huge part in composing Beatles songs (so much so that 'Sir' Paul got Mal's notebook from his widow.......to hide the truth?)
Nope - Evans contributed to many recordings,[3] including singing in the chorus of "Yellow Submarine". He played single organ notes on "You Won't See Me",[3] and harmonica, kazoo and organ on "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!".[41] McCartney explained that he showed Evans where the notes were on the organ, and then nodded his head when he wanted Evans to play, and shook it when he wanted him to stop.[42] On "A Day in the Life", Evans controlled an alarm clock; counting the measures in the original 24-bar pause,[13] and was one of the five piano players simultaneously hitting the last chord of the song.[42] He played tambourine on "Dear Prudence", and saxophone on "Helter Skelter", where he played a double solo with Lennon, even though neither were proficient on the instrument.[43] Evans contributed background vocals, and stirred a bucket of gravel (as part of the rhythm), on "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)".[42] He also contributed to the White Album out-take, "What's the New Mary Jane", and hit an anvil on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer",[3][42][44] because Starr could not lift the hammer high enough to get the right sound and keep in time with the song.[44] According to Evans' diaries, he helped to compose songs for the Sgt. Pepper album.[2] He wrote, on 27 January 1967: "Sgt Pepper. Started writing song with Paul [McCartney] upstairs in his room, he on piano" and "Did a lot more of "where the rain comes in" [a lyric from "Fixing a Hole"]. Hope people like it. Started Sergeant Pepper".[2] On 1 February: "Sergeant Pepper sounds good. Paul tells me that I will get royalties on the song—great news, now perhaps a new home."[2][41] On 2 February: "Recording voices on Captain [sic] Pepper. All six of us doing the chorus in the middle, worked until about midnight."[2] Keith Badman—author of The Beatles off the Record—referred to a tape recording of Evans speaking shortly before his death, on which Evans reiterated some of the statements made in the diary. According to Badman, Evans was asked at the time if it would be a problem that he was not credited as a writer, because the Lennon–McCartney writing name was "a really hot item".[41] Evans did not receive any royalties and stayed at his £38-a-week pay (equivalent to £514 today).[41] This ^^^^ is from Wiki. My info isn't - and has much more detail than that.
I can never understand when people single out cricket as a boring sport when there are so much worse ones. I think athletic sports like, well, athletics but also cycling, swimming, etc. to be the most boring. Sports where literally one movement is performed repeatedly and to a point where everyone involved is perfect at it. Unlike ball games there is no variation, potential for mistakes or outstanding moments of skill.
My favourite Beatles song; [video=youtube;FCUeia-nEio]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUeia-nEio[/video]
Of course, all four of them are gods to music, it's just Paul sometimes contradicted himself to what John said
There are alot of weird Beatles conspiracy theories, the craziest one I heard is that Sir Paul died in 66' in the US so the CIA used a body double and people believed it all along, my favourite Beatles song is [video=youtube;0b4v818JNh4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4v818JNh4[/video]
The amount of dedication and training you need to win the Tour de France is beyond belief, have you never watched it when they are giving it their all in the hardest conditions,heat, slick roads mountain climbs and so on? I would never diss cycling as a sport. The kind of sport I hate are those posh bastards booting the egg out of play down South then pretending they won the World Cup in a tournament of about a dozen countries
Tell me this ain't gripping: [video=youtube;6q38Gyjv4EE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q38Gyjv4EE[/video]
I completely agree with you that it isn't easy, but I don't find it entertaining to watch. I'll use cricket as an example because it's supposed to be boring: I can happily watch it for hours if it's on and I'm not a cricket fan just because anything can happen; there can be a great bowling performance to remove the batsman or a great batting performance to stay in for ages, all the while there are infinite possibilities of what can happen and anyone can make a mistake or make a huge contribution to their team winning, just like other ball games. The thing I find boring about athletic events like cycling is that no matter what happens they will always just be cycling in one direction, there is no unpredictability or surprise it's just sheer raw athleticism focused on one single movement. Maybe it only makes sense in my head
